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Suit: John Robinson, Zacheus Tate

May 1792 · Orange County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions

John Robinson won damages and litigation costs against Zacheus Tate on certiorari.

Kind of business
Suit
Court
May 1792 term
People
Jurors
William Meaner; Sam’l May; Tho Loyd; Wm Crabtree; David Allison; Matthew Cates; Roswell Huntington; Thomas Farmer; Allen Sykes; Christopher Stubbins; Henry Terrell; John Kelley
Amounts
1.4.4

Names and places are given as the source writes them. This record has not been checked against the original minute book.

Where to find it

  • Minute book 4, page 437
  • Transcribed by Mark Chilton, Orange County Register of Deeds: his transcription of the May 1792 term
  • Original: State Archives of North Carolina, Orange County court minutes (CR.073.301).
  • Microfilm at the Orange County Public Library, Wall Local History Collection: reel 30002, “County Court Minutes, 1777–1795” (State Archives film).
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